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Hi Everyone!
Hope everyone enjoyed the solar eclipse yesterday.  I have a general question.  I guess most of us on this forum know what is meant by the term (musical) mixtape.  I remember when I was younger we might put one of these together of our favorite songs to go to the gym or to share with a friend to give them a sample of what our musical taste was.  What I would like to know is what is the modern day version of this?  NOT just sending a single file of one song to someone.  I've heard people talk about Spotify lists - I have not used that much.  What if I wanted to share a sample of songs with someone?  I buy all mine from apple and yes I use multiple ipods and use an Iphone too.  But what if I just wanted someone to check out some specific songs?  Is there a modern day version of the mixtape?

I think the kids make a playlist (via Spotify or a similar streaming service), then share a link to it.

Me, I'd want a tape, CD, or the mp3 files. But I'm a curmudgeon!

My preferences:

YouTube links embedded into a web site hosting platform that blocks YouTube ads (e.g. googlesites): preferred (especially if annotated)

zip file of mp3s: yes

Spotify playlist: meh, maybe I'll listen to it--the ads are annoying

CD: no

cassette tape: NO

Through streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music. You have to pay if you want to avoid the ads, but instant access to almost all music ever recorded and released for ~$10 per month is certainly worth it to me. It may not be so great for the artists, but that is another story.

Thanks for everyone who read and/or responded.  This news piece came up on television early this morning:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozk9-CfqcM
And this article came up on my computer Google News Feed:  https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/14/my-whole-library-is-wiped-out-what-it-means-to-own-movies-and-tv-in-the-age-of-streaming-services

In the academic field I am in, these are big issues (access vs. ownership) (dealing with multiple forms of media for content and then that technology going out).   

For so long physical tape (whether audio or video) was the standard and universal.  In the past couple of years I have had to have medical scans and I always ask for a CD for myself.  At one hospital I had to go to a basement dept to get this because each dept no longer had computers with cd trays as they once did.  Another place had difficulty downloading the files to CD  I waited an hour, but then they still had to send in the postal mail because they could not figure out the technology.  I began to take my own blank CDs and usbs, but these were not used. 

I do think storage/retrieval, access/ownership will continue to be an issue that is examined.